Hairpins



June 12, 1962 E. COLL! HAIRPINS Filed Dec. 16, 1957 EDUARD GOLL/ Y F. N R 0 T T A Uited dtts 3,038,479 HAIRPINS Eduard Colli, 133 Geary St, Room 216, San Francisco, Calif. Filed Dec. 16, 1957, Ser. No. 702,959 1 Claim. (Cl. 132-50) This invention relates to hairpins and particularly to hairpins with transversely corrugated or wavy arms co monly known as Bobbie pins.

The usual Bobbie pins of the wavy arm type are diflicult and clumsy to apply, because the wavy arms must be separated and then held apart while applied to the hair in order to prevent the pulling of the hair or cause discomfort. It is customary, for instance, to place such pins in the mouth and use the teeth for separating the arms of the pin.

An object of my invention is to provide a Bobbie pin with a device, whereby the natural resiliency or bias of the turn or bend or connected end of the pin is utilized for manipulation by handles attached to the arms and extended beyond said connected end or bend of the pin so as to be easily engaged by the fingers and thumb for urging the free ends of the arms apart, the pin arms springing back to closed position when the pressure on said handles is released.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the following specification, and as defined in the following claim; hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the said device and parts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description, reference is had to the accompanying drawings for the illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hairpin with my handles thereon.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing opened by pressure on said handles.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a single handle blank before it is crimpled on the hairpin.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a single handle with its formed ferrule.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a curved hair pin with a modified form of my handles.

FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are perspective views of other modified forms of my hair pin handle.

In carrying out my invention I make use of an ordinary Bobbie pin, which has a long arm 1 and a short arm 2 connected at one end by a resilient bend or head 3 so biased as normally urge the free ends of the arms 1 and 2 together.

Both arms 1 and 2 are provided with transverse corrugations 4 and the free end 5 of the short arm 2 is bent outwardly or away from the long arm 1 so as to facilitate insertion in the hair of the user.

the said hairpin Patented June 12, 19-32 A handle d is provided on the connected end of each arm so that opposite handles 6 project beyond the bend or head 3 in opposite direction to or in extension of the respective arms 1 and 2. The handles 6 are spaced from one another and are fastened to the respective arms spaced from the bend or head 3 so that as the handles 6 are pressed toward one another the arms 1 and 2 move oppositely and apart about the bend or head 3 as a fulcrum.

Each handle 6 has on it a ferrule 7 in general longitudinal alignment therewith and clamped or crimped over and around one of the arms near said head to form a solid unit. The ferrule 7 can be preformed, as shown in FIG. 4, and slid over the arm of the pin from the free end toward the bend 3 and then tightened in place.

The handle 6 is made of a blank which includes the ferrule 7 and the finger grip or handle portion which may be made of various shapes. For instance, FIGS. 1 to 4 show the contoured and bent head 6; FIG. 5 shows a finger grip 8 of rectangular shape; FIG. 6 shows 2. diamond shaped finger grip 9; FIG. 7 shows a round disk grip 14 and FIG. 8 another form of rectangular grip 11. Each of the handles has the ferrule element 7 on its base.

In operation the user simply presses the handles 6 together between the fingers and thus moves the free end 5 of the short pin arm 2 away from the long pin arm 2 into the position shown in FIG. 2. After the pin is applied to the hair the handles 6 are released and the pin arms 1 and 2 are sprung together by the spring action of the bend or head 3. The same operation is repeated for the withdrawal of the pin from the hair. The entire operation is greatly facilitated and use of teeth, finger nails and other discomforts to the user are obviated.

I claim:

A hairpin device, a comprising, in combination: a conventional Bobbie pin having a pair of elongated converging arms biased into mutual contact for at least a portion of their lengths by an integral resilient bend disposed at one end of said arms; and handle means detachably connected to said arms near said bend for use in spreading said arms apart, each handle means including a substantially flat finger contacting portion wider than and parallel to the arm with which it is associated and extending beyond said bend, and a ferrule at the base of said finger contacting portion formed by two deformable flaps which encircle the associated arm to detachably fasten said handle means thereto, said finger contacting portions being normally spaced apart, whereby the pressing together of said handle elements moves said arms apart about said resilient bend as a fulcrum.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,531,035 Sereny Mar. 24, 1925 2,002,001 Beard May 21, 1935 2,149,214 Fuscaldo et al Feb. 28, 1939 2,166,460 Burns July 18, 1939 2,531,854 Linden Nov. 28, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 100,757 Switzerland Sept. 1, 1923 

